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Via Actualite.cd: Cholera in DRC: epidemic reported in Maniema, 40 cases tested positive. The Google translation:
The governor of Maniema province, Auguy Musafiri, said Saturday the cholera outbreak in his jurisdiction after forty cases were tested positive in the county seat Kindu.
"In view of these results we declare the cholera epidemic in the province of Maniema, and to do so, we seek the support of the Central Government, humanitarian partners and others, to help us in the proper care Governor Musafiri said.
He called on the population to give priority to hygiene measures.
Acute intestinal infection due to ingestion of water, food or food contaminated with the bacillus Vibrio cholera, Cholera is transmitted through droppings, dirty hands or contaminated equipment, is endemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Congo.
It has made more than 900 deaths in 2018.The previous year (2017), cholera had killed 1190 people in the DRC for 55,000 cases.
With thousands of cases registered each year in many provinces, cholera is a major public health problem in the DRC, according to the UN.
The worst cholera epidemic known to the DRC dates back to 1994. It declared itself in the wake of a massive influx of Rwandan refugees in the eastern city of Goma (Goma) bordering Rwanda. More than 58,000 people died, according to the authorities.
